Apparatus for drying wall-paper.



`- Patented May 29, 1900.

L. H. MccAnTrLEY. APPARATUS FOR DRYING WALL PAPER.

(Application led Dec. 15, 1899.)

(No Model.)

UNITED STATES 1PAfrmrr Ormea.

LOUIS II. MCCARTNEY, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

APPARATUS FCR DRYING WALL-PAPER.

SPECIFICATION forming part Of Letters Patent NO. 650,587, dated May 29, 1900. Application filed December 15, 1899; Serial No. 740,440. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom it' may concern.-

Be it known that l, Louis H. MCCART- NEY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Philadelphia, county of Philadelphia, and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Apparatus for Drying Vall-Paper and the Like, of which the following is a specification.

Illy invention relates to a new and useful improvements in apparatus for drying wallpaper and the like, .and has for its object to provide and exceedingly simple and effective arrangement by which the paper Vmay be strung upon traveling bars which will be conveyed by carrier-chains and transferred from one set of carrier-chains to another set and returned in the opposite direction, thus giving the paper suflicient time to dry without unduly lengthening the apparatus.

Vith these ends in view this invention consists in the details of construction and combination of elements hereinafter set forth and then specifically designated by the claims.

In order that those skilled in the art to which this invention appertains may understand how to make and use the same, the construction and operation will now be described in detail, referring to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 is a section illustrating the carrier-chain and mechanism for transferring the bars from one set of chains to the other; and Fig. 2, a plan view of a portion of the apparatus, also showing the carrier-chains and mechanism for transferring the bars.

In carrying out my invention as here embodied, A represents the turn-table, which is mounted upon an upright shaft B, the latter having secured thereon a beveled gear C. A short longitudinal shaft D is suitably journaled and carries a beveled pinion E at its inner end, .which meshes with the gear C, so as to impart rotation to the turn-table, for the purpose hereinafter set forth.

The outer end of the shaft D has secured thereon a sprocket-wheel F, over which runs the carrier-chain G, which also runs over a sprocket-Wheel (not shown) at or near the printing-machine, and thereby receives its motion. A corresponding chain G' runs over an idle sprocket-wheel H and over a powersprocket, (not shown,) and these chains travel in unison ,and form the support and carrier for the bars I. A second set of idle sprocketwheels .I and K have running thereover the carrier-chains L and L', similar in all respects to the carrier-chains G and G', thus forming two sets of said chains, this last-named set of chains being also driven by suitable power in unison with the first-named set. Each chain has thereon the lugs M, which project upward ,so as to serve as guides for the bars I to cause them to move in parallel lines. The reel is anged and has a peripherical groove N formed therein,adapted to receive the inner ends of the bars as the latter travel in the direction of the arrow upon the chains G and G', and when the ends of these bars have passed into this groove of the turn-table they' will continue to travel with the turn-table and chains until reaching the end of the latter, and their outer en ds will slightly drop downward, causing their inner ends to bend within the groove,and thus remain stationary with the turn-table in its further rotation. In this position the bars will be carried around to the opposite set of chains and will pass thereon in the same manner as they pass from the first set of chains, the bars riding upon the strip L, and the lugs M coming in contact with the bars will cause them to pass from out of engagement with the groove in the turn-table and travel backward from whence they originally started. v

From this description it will be seen that the paper looped upon the cross-bars will be fed forward by the first set of chains around the turn-table and backward by the second set of chains, so that the operator has only toremove the returning bars and place them upon the first set of chains to produce a con tinuous feeding of the paper.

Considerable space is saved over the old method of Stringing the paper in a straight line,and muchbetter results are accomplished, since the paper comes back to the point from which it started.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and useful is l. In combination, an upright shaft, a beveled gear secured thereon, a longitudinal shaft suitably journaled, a beveled pinion on the inner end of said longitudinal shaft meshing with the gear of the upright shaft, a turn-table mounted on the upright shaft and having a peripheral groove, two series of chains, each chain having lugs projecting upward, a push-out strip and means for rotating the horizontal shaft, as and for the purpose set forth.

2. In combination, an upright shaft, a beveled gear secured thereon, a short longitudinal shaft suitably journaled, a beveled pinion on the inner end of said longitudinal shaft meshing with the gear of the shaft, a turn-table mounted on the upright upright shaft and having a peripheral groove, two series of chains, each chain. having lugs projectin'g upward, a sprocket-wheel engaging one of the chains and taking motion therefrom, and a push-out strip, as and for the purpose described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my signature in the presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

LOUIS H. MCCARTN EY. Witnesses:

J. H. SUKER,

MARY E. HAMER. 

